membebaskan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixation of bebas +‎ meng- -kan.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məmbeˈbaskan/ [məm.beˈbas.kan]
  • Rhymes: -askan
  • Syllabification: mem‧be‧bas‧kan

Verb

membebaskan (active membebaskan, reflexive passive terbebaskan, ordinary passive dibebaskan, imperative bebaskan, emphatic-jussive bebaskanlah)

  1. to free, to relieve, to exempt
  2. to allow, to permit.
  3. to acquit
  4. to legally dismiss a summons
  5. to liberate
  6. to make free, to give/grant independence/freedom
  7. to acquire land, to expropriate land.
  8. to absolve
  9. to clear
  10. to emancipate
  11. to exonerate
  12. to exculpate
  13. to enfranchise
  14. to remit
  15. to let off
  16. to loose
  17. to release
  18. to relieve

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

mem- +‎ bebas (unconstrained) +‎ -kan

Verb

membebaskan (Jawi spelling ممبيبسکن)

  1. (transitive) to free; to set free; to set at liberty; to release; to grant freedom
  • dibebaskan (passive form)